"The Mayor" (w/ Laura Dern)
2/11/20261 hr 17 min
Um, is this thing on? Because a pink corduroy-clad Laura Dern bursts like the sun into the Las Cultch studio to speak with Matt & Bowen at length and... that's OUR world! That's the world that WE're livin' in. Dern whips out a Reese impression, discusses channeling anger better than anyone in the biz, talks creating Amy Jellicoe alongside Mike White in Enlightened, and gets into both the comedic and dramatic brutality of Big Little Lies. Also, defining wonder whilst looking up at CGI Brachiosaurii, starring as Ellen's gay love interest in The Puppy Episode of her sitcom, and even more on Jeff Goldblum's chest, if you can believe it. All this, growing up in Hollywood in a different era, reflections on the current status of the entertainment industry, going punk rock at 12 years old, David Lynch as niche yet mainstream culture, and Laura's real life interaction with a Real Housewife. See one of Laura's thousands of current projects (Is This Thing On?, Jay Kelly, Palm Royale on Apple TV+), as well as her millions of indelible ones you probably already love. I SAID THANK YOU!
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First 90 secondsLaura Dern· Guest0:00
This is an iHeart Podcast, [upbeat music] Guaranteed Human.
Matt Rogers· Host0:03
[upbeat music] Look, Matt!
Bowen Yang· Host0:06
Where?
Matt Rogers· Host0:06
Oh, I see.
Bowen Yang· Host0:07
My, oh, my.
Matt Rogers· Host0:08
Oh, and look over there.
Bowen Yang· Host0:09
Wow.
Matt Rogers· Host0:09
Is that the culture?
Bowen Yang· Host0:10
Wow.
Matt Rogers· Host0:10
Yes.
Bowen Yang· Host0:11
My goodness.
Matt Rogers· Host0:11
Oh, wow.
Bowen Yang· Host0:12
Yeah.
Matt Rogers· Host0:12
Las Culturistas.
Bowen Yang· Host0:14
Ding dong, Las Culturistas calling.
Matt Rogers· Host0:18
So basically, a burst of sunlight has come in in pink corduroy.
Bowen Yang· Host0:22
Which is, um, a fabric that must be hard to deal with as on a construction level.
Matt Rogers· Host0:29
Yeah. Well, they say that- I'm- -on Project Runway.
Bowen Yang· Host0:31
They did, because I'm looking at what's before me- Mm-hmm ... impeccable.
Matt Rogers· Host0:35
This would walk the runway, and she could walk the runway in it, and they would say... And whoever is on the judging panel would be- It has pockets. "I know exactly where she's going. It has pockets." [laughs] I love when they say, "It has pockets"- "It has pockets" ... as a way to be like- Well done ... "And finally, this is a 10 out of 10."
Bowen Yang· Host0:50
Practical, functional.
Matt Rogers· Host0:51
Are they not right, though?
Bowen Yang· Host0:52
Absolutely.
Matt Rogers· Host0:53
You add pockets, you did something, and that's actually Rule of Culture number nine: You add pockets- You add pockets- You did something.
Bowen Yang· Host1:00
You did something. Hot, cloth, any pocket.
Matt Rogers· Host1:03
Not only does our guest have pockets, our guest has... Let's talk about the hardware: an Oscar, an Emmy, a SAG Award, multiple Golden Globe Awards. I mean- A couple glass ones, too.
Bowen Yang· Host1:16
Not all awards are gold or, or br- or brass or metal. Some of them are glass.
Matt Rogers· Host1:19
That's Rule of Culture number 10: Not all awards- Not all awards- Are gold- -are gold Or brass or metal ...
Bowen Yang· Host1:23
or brass or metal.
Matt Rogers· Host1:23
Some of them are glass.
Bowen Yang· Host1:25
Some of them are glass.
Matt Rogers· Host1:25
And, uh, it must be a nightmare to sort of wade through our guest's foyer